Acaso 30 Gilbertto Prado

One of the references brought by Clarissa Ribeiro is the interactive installation Acaso 30 by Gilbertto Prado.

Acaso 30 is an interactive installation in memory of those killed in the massacre that took place in the Queimados neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro sometime between a Thursday night and dawn that Friday, in March 2005 where 30 people were eliminated.
The installation is set up in a not well-lit half-open space, as if it were a town square. In the center of the space there is a large heavy totally handmade blue rug, like those made by prisoners' wives. The series of images as well as the spots onto which they are projected occur in a random way. Once a person steps onto the rug two things happen: an image of a nude body is projected onto the ground and a strong wind faces the spectator. The only noise is that of the wind which creates tension and instability. As for the images, from the moment that they are projected onto a given spot tension zones are generated and the bodies react when the spectators get closer and when they move away. When the spectators reach the bodies the situation becomes irreversible with the death of the characters and the disappearance of the images. An interval without any projections or actions follows.

Credits: Gilbertto Prado, 2005. Support Team: Fábio Oliveira, Gaspar Arguello, Jesus de Paula Assis, Luciano Gosuen e Maurício Taveira. Programming: Luis Henrique Moraes
Actors: Francisco Serpa e Karina Yamamoto. Exhibited at the show Cinético_Digital, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo from June 5th to September 11th 2005.

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Acaso30 - Gilbertto Prado